Breakdown of Hay unos cuadros bonitos en el cuarto.
en
in / on / at
unos
some (masculine)
bonito
pretty / nice
haber
to be (there is / there are)
Questions & Answers about Hay unos cuadros bonitos en el cuarto.
Why is the word hay used for 'there are'? Isn't there a plural form?
Why do we use unos before cuadros?
Unos is the masculine plural form of 'un' (a/an), which translates to 'some' in English. We use it here because we are talking about an unspecified group of paintings, and cuadros is masculine and plural.
Why is it cuadros bonitos instead of bonitos cuadros?
In Spanish, descriptive words (adjectives) like bonitos usually come right after the noun they describe. Notice that bonitos also ends in -os to perfectly match the masculine, plural noun cuadros.
I thought the word for 'four' was similar to cuarto. Are they the same?
They look very similar, but be careful! Cuatro means the number 'four', while cuarto means 'room' (it can also mean 'fourth' or 'quarter'). A good trick to remember is that cuarto has the 'r' before the 't', while the number cuatro ends in 'tro'.